Robert VINCENT (SUCKLING)

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VINCENT (SUCKLING), Robert

Service Number:	508
Enlisted:	26 October 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1885
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Actor, Watchmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Special Memorial, Grave 9 Rev. C.G.W. Moore officiated Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 508, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
1 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking Date of promotion to the rank of Corporal is not clear
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 508, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 508, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 508, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 508 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-09

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Grace Vincent of 25 Herbert Street, Spring Hill, QLD. Grace signed a Statuary Decalration in 1916 stating that Robert's true name was Robert Suckling and that Robert Vincent was in fact his stage name. Grace and Robert were married under the name of 'Vincent'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the NZ Volunteers

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